Cotton-planter



(No Model.)

- P. P. SIMPSON.

GOTTON PLANTER.

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UNITE STATES PATENT OFFIC PETER P. SIMPSON, OF HENDERSON, AS SIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO WILLIAM J. ARNETT, OF MOUNTAIN HOME, ARKANSAS.

" COTTON-PLANTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 482,277, dated September 6, 1892.

Applic i n fi February 4:, 1892- Serial No. 420,267. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, PETER P. SIMPSON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Henderson, in the county of Baxter and State of Arkansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cotton-Planters; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention has relation to cotton-planters; and it consists in the novel construction and arrangement of its parts, hereinafter set out in this specification and the claims hereto attached. V

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a side elevation of my invention. Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the same, and Figs. 3, 4, and 5 are detail views.

In the accompanying drawings, A represents the runner, the front end of which is curved upward and has a perforation a for attaching the team.

B B are the side pieces of the frame, between the front ends of which is pivoted the said runner by the bolt a.

O is the rear cross-piece of the frame. To the rear end of the runner is attached a chain to hold it up when turning around. The runner A widens at its rear end, allowing room between its two sides walls for a feed-wheel E, which is journaled between the said side pieces and walls of the hopper. On the top of runner A is mounted a hopper F. The feedwheel E has teeth e. to draw the cotton-seed down into the runner, whence they fall into the furrow.

Within the hopper, in front of the feedwheel, and secured to across-piece e isa slotted feed-regulator e and in the rear. end of the hopper is an adjustable plate a adapted to be set by a thumb-screw and bolt 6 and working against the periphery of the feed-wheel, so that no cotton-seed may fall down behind the same. The feed-wheel E is mounted on an axle journaled in the hopper F, on the end of which and outside of the hopperis a sprocketwheel G, carrying a sprocket-chain g, which passes over a sprocket-wheel G, secured on an axle which carries the bearing-wheels H of the planter. The sprocket-chain gis kept taut by a small idle sprocket-wheel g, actuated by a spring 9 the front end of which spring is secured to one of the side beams of the frame.

On the opposite side of the axle that carries the sprocket-wheel G and outside of the hopper F is a cog-wheel f, (see Fig. 4,) and just above said cog-wheel and meshing with the same is another cog-wheelf, which rotates the stirrer f Immediately in rear of the main axle and between the side beams B is pivoted a pair of arms J, the rear ends of which are connected by means of the cross-beam j. Between the said arms J is journaled a roller K. This roller forces the loose dirt over the cotton-seed,

smooths the top of the bed, and impacts the same sufficiently to cause the said bed to retain dampness for sufficient length of time to allow the cotton to sprout.

To the cross-beam j is secured one end of a ehainj, the other end of which is secured in one end of a lever j Said lever is fulcrnmed by means of staples 3' or otherwise to the cross-beam O, and to the other end of the said lever is pivoted a rod 7' the front end of which is pivoted to a lever 3' while the lower end of said lever 1' is pivoted in a socket 7' secured to one of the side beams of the frame.

Said lever works in aslotted ratchet-segment j The object of said last-mentioned combination is to lift the roller K when desired.

Pivoted in the under side of the cross-beam O is an arm L, in the lower end of which is journaled a caster-Wheel, which may turn in almost any direction.

From the side beams B and in rear of the hopper rise two braces M, and from the rear ends of the side beams rise two other braces N. These braces come together at a point, being the center between said side beams, and at these center points is secured a rod 0, rigidly secured to said braces, and on said rod fits a sleeve 0, its opening being also shaped to fit said rod. On the upper part of the sleeve is erected a spiral spring 10, and to the upper end of said spiral spring is secured a seat q. The driver sits on the seat q, with his feet on the beams B. Then he wishes to turn at the end of a row or around in the field at any point, he takes hold of the lever j, throws it forward, and thus raises the covering-roller K and catches it (the lever) in one of the teeth of the ratchet f. He then pushes himself back, the sleeve 0 and seat q sliding. back on the rod 0 until his weight is far enough in rear of the axle of the wheels H to throw up the front end of the planter and the rear end down until the caster-wheel l is on the ground. Thus the frame now rests on the wheels H and the caster-wheel Z as ifon periphery of the feeder, hopper F, secured to the upper partand rear end of said runner, feed-wheel E, and stirrer f journaled in said hopper, slotted feed-regulator e borne in the front end of said hopper, adjustable plate a pivoted in the rear end of said runner, sprocket-wheel G, borne on-the axle-of the wheels of the planter, sprocket-wheel G, secured on the end of the axle of: the feeder E, sprocket -chain g, passing around said wheels, sprocket-wheel g, journaled in a suitable bearing and running over the top of said chain, and spring 9 impinging against the bearing of said wheel g andbearing said wheel down against said sprocket-chain, keeping it taut, substantially as shown and described, and for the purposes set forth.

2; In a cotton-seed planter, the combination of the side pieces B, borne on an axle and wheels, runner A, pivoted between the front ends of said side pieces and provided with means for raising its rear end from the ground, hopper F, secured to the upper edges and rear end of said runner and provided with means for working the seed into the furrow below, roller K, journaled between arms J and provided with means for raising said roller from the ground, caster-wheel Z, journaled in the lower forked end of rod L, rod

L, pivoted in the rear cross-beam C, braces M and N, secured to said side pieces B, rod 0, rigidly securedto the apex of said braces,

and sliding seat q, working on said rod, said braces, rod, and seat being in the rear of the axle and wheels of said planter, substantially as shown and described, and for the purposes set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

PETER P. SIMPSON.

Witnesses:

WILLIAM D. NAPIER, JOHN S. RUSSELL. 

